convalescent
/ˌkɒnvəˈlɛsənt/ noun C2- A person recovering from illness. · I had been ill in health, but am now a convalescent.
Plural convalescents
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For months my life was despaired of, and when at last I came to myself and became convalescent, I was so weak and emaciated that a medical board determined that not a day should be lost in sending me back to England.
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